Chapter 185 - 172: Ruthless Brother Snake

Chapter 185: Chapter 172: Ruthless Brother Snake

The next day, on the way back.

"Yu."

"I heard you have a younger brother. Why didn’t you bring him to the unfinished building with us?"

Hong She asked, "What if he gets caught in a Mist Event..."

After chatting idly during the trip, he had grown much more familiar with Xia Yu and dared to ask about things he was curious about.

"Before the Apocalypse breaks out, as long as he doesn’t leave the area of the four cities—Huayang City, Lingyang City, Central City, and Zheng City—he’ll be fine."

Xia Yu said calmly.

She had already considered this point.

This was also one of the reasons she was willing to cooperate with Zhao Guohui: these four cities were his territory. As long as she could inform Zhao Guohui in advance where a Mist Event would occur in these four cities, he would send people to clear the area. Therefore...

It was impossible for Xia Tian to be caught in a Mist Event.

Hearing this, Hong She thought for a moment and understood the situation. He changed the subject, "Yu, those exercises you’ve been practicing for the past two days—can they train every single muscle in your body?"

"Mhm."

Xia Yu nodded and said, "To be precise, they train every muscle in the body to unleash immense force in an instant, delivering a fatal blow to the enemy."

Hong She understood in a flash and asked excitedly, "Yu, can you teach me?"

"Sure."

Xia Yu was a little surprised. "You’re the first person to proactively ask me to teach them about explosive power. That blockhead Xie Shaokun only knows how to train his muscles and Power."

"He doesn’t realize that in a real fight, explosive power is what’s tested most of the time."

Hong She nodded in agreement.

He liked to play dirty. If he had immense explosive power, he could combine it with his superpower, find the right opportunity, and instantly take down an opponent stronger than himself.

So...

Explosive power was a must-have skill to train.

Just as they arrived at the gates of Huayang University of Technology, Xia Yu was about to get out of the car when her phone rang.

’Xie Shaokun?’

She picked up.

"Hello."

A moment later, Xia Yu’s brow twitched slightly as she asked in return, "Is it those people you took the illegal loan from before?"

"Mhm, I understand."

Last night, Xie Shaokun had been surrounded by a group of thugs. He fought bravely, took them down, and escorted Chen Ziqi home. Unexpectedly, when Chen Ziqi went out this morning, she was captured.

And so.

The other party used Chen Ziqi’s phone to call Xie Shaokun and demand he repay the loan.

The interest just kept rolling over and over and over...

He had only borrowed 100,000 in the beginning, but it had already ballooned to over 1,000,000.

It wasn’t a lot of money.

But Xie Shaokun couldn’t come up with the money.

Originally, he had planned to fight fire with fire. Since it was a private matter, he felt no need to tell Xia Yu, but when he thought of Chen Ziqi’s safety, he didn’t dare take any risks.

He was terrified she would get hurt.

His only choice was to ask Xia Yu for help.

"I’ll have Little Flower and Hong She go with you to handle this."

After saying this, Xia Yu hung up and briefly explained the situation to Hong She.

"Yu."

Hong She gave a sly chuckle and said, "People who give out illegal loans are always rich. I have two ideas: either we control this group and make them our underlings—they could be useful for a lot of things."

"Or, we could ’borrow’ a lot more money from them, say, a few tens of millions or so. That would let us enjoy ourselves a bit before the Apocalypse breaks out."

"You can decide for yourself." Xia Yu couldn’t care less about these things. "I only have one condition."

"Please, go ahead, Yu."

Hong She’s expression turned serious as he listened intently.

"Help me investigate this woman, Chen Ziqi. Find out her motive for getting close to Xie Shaokun."

"Don’t let Xie Shaokun or Chen Ziqi realize you’re testing them."

With that said, Xia Yu left.

’Chen Ziqi?’

’Her motive for getting close to Xie Shaokun?’

"Looks like there’s a story between those two."

A glint flashed in Hong She’s eyes.

From what he knew, the two had met during a Mist Event. They had kept in touch ever since and had a pretty good relationship.

He hadn’t thought much of it before, but after hearing what Yu said, he suddenly felt that there was more to Chen Ziqi than meets the eye.

And besides...

Hong She had just caught a subtle change in Xia Yu’s expression when she said that. Because Xia Yu was so good at hiding her emotions, he couldn’t discern what kind of look it was or what it meant.

However, based on his observations over the past few days, he came to a conclusion. ’It’s most likely because Xie Shaokun is too naive.’

’Yu doesn’t want me to reveal that I’m testing Chen Ziqi. That means: if Chen Ziqi has no ill intentions, then I should just let her and Xie Shaokun’s relationship develop. But if she does have something malicious in mind...’

A chilling smile crept across his lips.

Now that he had a firm grasp of Xia Yu’s intentions, the next steps would be easy.